For fans of Peter Bagge (b. 1957) and his bracing satirical writing
and drawing, this collection offers a perfect means to track how he
describes his career choices, work habits, preoccupations, and
comedic sensibility since the 1980s. Featuring a new interview and
much previously unavailable material, this book delivers
insightful, occasionally gossipy, sometimes funny, and often tart
conversations. His career has intersected with the modern history
of comics, from underground comix and indie comics to comics
journalism and graphic nonfiction. Bagge's detailed, garrulous, and
often grotesquely funny (and discomfiting) work harks back to the
underground generation, recalling Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton,
while also pointing forward to the emergence of alternative comics
as a distinct genre. His signature series, the rawly humorous Hate
(1990-1998) and his editorship (1983-1986) of the often outrageous
Weirdo magazine, founded by Crumb, established Bagge as a leading
voice in alternative comics, and his rude, wildly expressive
cartooning makes him a counterpoint to the still introspection of
recent literary graphic novels. In his career over three decades,
Bagge has left his mark on various formats and genres, as a
prolific cartoonist, an accomplished musician, and a sometime
essayist, editor, and animator. While his creative output
encompasses autobiographical comics, graphic nonfiction, magazine
illustrations, gag cartoons, minicomics, political commentary,
superhero parodies, comic strips, animated videos, and one-page
humor pieces, Bagge stands out for creating continuity-based
graphic stories that revolve around sharply defined, over-the-top
fictional characters. Libertarians know him for his comics
journalism, as his graphic biography of Margaret Sanger in 2013
reaches new audiences. While some have lazily branded Bagge as a
grunge-era visual satirist, his creative restlessness and expanding
body of work make it difficult to confine him within any single
genre, cultural niche, or historical moment.
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